Mail-bag delivering and receiving apparatus.



No; 896,787. I PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

' A. WINEGARDNER.

MAIL BAG DELIVERING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION-FILED DEO.12, 1907.

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No. 896,787. PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

A. WINEGARDNER. MAIL BAG DELIVERING AND REGEIVING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.12, 1907.

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ABNER. WINEGARDNER, OF FENCE, INDIANA.

MAIL-BAG DELIVERING AND RECEIVING- APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Application filed December 12, 1907. Serial No. 406,139.

. for effectively delivering mail-bags from fast moving trains and toprovide means whereby the bags may be received in a perfect condition.

Other objects and advantages will be aparent from the followingdescription and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a cross sectional view of a mail car showing the presentdelivering apparatus in a position to deliver to the present receivingapparatus, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is anelevational view of the outer end of the delivering apparatus, Fig. 4 isa vertical longitudinal sectional view through the receiving apparatus,Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown arailway car of ordinary construction provided with the usual doorways A,in the sides thereof.- A delivering a paratus 10 is carried by the car,and this do ivering apparatus consists of a vertically disposed bar 11which is hinged to one side of the doorway as shown at 12 and 13respectively. A diagonal bar 14 is connected at its lower end to thevertical bar 11, and this diagonal bar and the bar 11 are thus arrangedto support a horizontally dis osed bar 15, as shown. The bar 15 isprovied at its outer end with a casting 16 consisting of horizontallyextending spaced members 17 1 and 18 respectively which are connected attheir ends by vertical members 19 and 20. The casting 16 is thusarranged to receive a horizontally extending shaft 21 provided with acrank 22 which is. dis osed between the members 17 and 18, an at theinner end this shaft has one end journaled in a passage 23 in the member19, as shown. The end of the shaft outwardly of the casting 16 is bentto form a crank 24, for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

The casting 16 is provided with a depending plate 25 which is forked, asshown at 26. The plate 25 is provided with pivoted dogs 27 and 28respectively, and at the outer ends these dogs are provided with links29 which are connected at their upper ends to the crank 22. The dogs 27and 28 respectively are thus arranged to support a bail 30 carried by amail-bag 31. p

A receiving apparatus 32 is located at one side of the car, and thisreceiving apparatus consists of a vertically extending standard 33 whichis supported at its lower end upon a platform 34. The standard 33 isprovided at its upper end with a horizontally disposed plate 35, andthis plate is arranged. with portions extending at both sides of thestandard 33, as shown. The plate 35 is provided with an outwardlyextending bar 36, and at the outer end of this bar is provided with anupwardly extending trip arm 37. The bar 36 is removably mounted upon theplate 35 whereby the same may be shifted to either end of the plate inorder that the trip arm will be in a position to receive mail in eitherdirection of the car. A diagonal bar 38 is connected at its lower end tothe standard 33, and at the upper end this bar is connected to the plate35. The plate 35 outwardly of the standard 33 is provided with adepending bracket 38, and this bracket is provided at its lower end witha boxing 39. The platform 34 is rovided with a similar boxing 40, andthese oxes are thus arranged to receive a vertically disposed shaft 41.The shaft 41 is provided with an outwardly extending arm 42, and thisarm is arranged to support a mail receiving basket 43. The basket 43 isprovided with a downwardly extending bar 44, and this bar is provided atits lower end with a roller 45, as shown. The roller 45 is thus arrangedfor movement upon an arcuate track 47, as shown. A latch member 48 isprovided for holding the bar 44 in its operative position.

After the delivering apparatus carried by the car has been swungoutwardly of the doorway, it will be seen that the crank 24 will be in aposition to be struck by the trip arm 37 whereupon the crank 32 will becar ried in an upward direction to release the dogs 27 and 28respectively from the bail 30 of the mail-bag 31 whereupon the bag willfall into the basket 43, and by means of the pivotal arrangement of thisbasket it will be seen that it will be moved one side of the car, as isobvious. traveled inwardly to the extent of its movement, this bar maybe engaged by a latch member 49.

What is claimed is:

1. In a mail bag delivering apparatus the combination with ahorizontally swinging bar, a revoluble shaft carried by said bar saidshaft having a crank located inwardly of its outer end, said shafthaving a second crank located at its outer end, a plurality of pivotallymounted dogs carried by said bar, connections between the dogs and thefirst named crank, of a receiving apparatus lo cated adjacent the carand comprising a horizontally movable basket, and a trip carried by thereceiving apparatus for engagement with the crank outwardly of the shaftfor releasing the dogs.

2. In a mail bag delivering apparatus the combination with ahorizontally swinging bar, a revoluble shaft carried by said bar Afterthe inclined bar has said shaft having a crank located inwardly of itsouter end, said shaft having a second crank located at its outer end, aplurality of pivotally mounted dogs carried by said bar, connectionsbetween the dogs and the first named crank, of a receiving apparatuslocated at one side of the car and comprising a vertically disposedstandard provided at its upper end with a horizontally disposed plate, aplatform for the standard, a bracket located beneath the plate, avertically disposed shaft journaled at its ends in the bracket and inthe platform respectively, a bag receiving basket carried by the shaftnormally disposed beneath the dogs and arran ed for movement at times atone side thereo' and a trip carried by the receiving apparatus forengagement with the crank at the outer end of the first named shaft, forreleasing the dogs.

In testimony'whereof I aHiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ABNER WINEGARDNER.

Witnesses:

W. F. Fox, A. R. TUBBs.

